already
already is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii.
- 2.Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used for a future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business will be already completed, or will have been already completed.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- actual
- afore
- aforehand
- aforementioned
- aforesaid
- age
- alone
- and
- another
- antecedence
- antecedent
- anterior
- anteriority
- anticipate
- any
- aorist
- aoristic
- before
- beforehand
- being
- but
- century
- come
- crisis
- current
- dawn
- day
- different
- early
- epoch
- ere
- erewhile
- eve
- even
- eventually
- extant
- fine
- for
- forerun
- forestall
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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